John C. "Jay" Cocks Jr. (born January 12, 1944) is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is a graduate of Kenyon College. Before shifting to screenplay writing, he was a critic for Time, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone, among other magazines.
Gangs of New York
Movie • 2002
A Complete Unknown
Movie • 2024
Silence
Movie • 2016
Mr. Scorsese
Series • 2025
The Age of Innocence
Movie • 1993
The Last Temptation of Christ
Movie • 1988
Strange Days
Movie • 1995
De-Lovely
Movie • 2004
The Craft of Dirty Harry
Movie • 2008
Street Scenes 1970
Movie • 1970
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
Movie • 2007
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Movies Are My Life
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Made in Milan
Movie • 1990
The Scorsese Machine